REV01957

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 10/30/1997
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION FOR APPROVAL OF RN3
• Type & Sequence: RN3
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

SECTION A -Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6(2) ....... . ....................... ... 27
1. Accuracy and Completeness ..................................... ... 27
II. Feasibility .................................................... ...28
III. Cumulative Impacts ............................................ ... 28
IV. Unsuitable Areas .............................................. ...28
A. Areas Designated Unsuitable ............................... ... 28
B. Under Study ............................................ ...28
C. Prohibitions and Limitations ............................... ... 28
D. Applicant Violator System ................................. ... 30
E. Willful Violations ............... . ....................... ... 30
F. Inconsistent Operations .................................. . ... 30
G. Performance Bond ....................................... ...30
H. Prime Farmland & Alluvial Valley Floors ..................... ... 31
I. Land Use .............................................. ...31
J. Specific Approvals ....................................... ... 31
K. Endangered or Threatened Species .......................... ... 31
L. Fees .................................................. ...32
SECTION B -Findings and Specific Approvals Required by Rule 4 .................. ...32
I. Roads -Rule 4.03 .............................................. ... 32
A. Haul Roads -Rule 4.03.1 .................................. ... 32
B. Access Road -Rule 4.03.2 ................................. ... 32
C. Light Use Roads -Rule 4.03.3 ............................. .... 33
D. In-Pit Haul Roads ........................................ ...33
II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ................................... .... 33
III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ................................... ... 33
A. Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations -Rule 4.05.2 .. .... 34
B. Diversions and Conveyance of Overland Flow -Rule 4.05.3 ...... ... 34
C. Streazn Chazmel Diversions -Rule 4.05.4 .................... .... 35
D. Sedimentation Control Measures, Ponds and Dischazge Structures - Rules
4.05.5,6 & 7 .......................................... ....35
E. Acid-forming and Toxic-forming Spoil -Rule 4.05.8 ........... ....35
F. Impoundments -Rule 4.05.9 .............................. .... 36
G. Ground and Surface Water Monitoring -Rule 4.05.13 .......... .... 36
H. Transfer of Wells -Rule 4.05.14 ........................... .... 37
I. Water Rights and Replacement -Rule 4.05.15 ................ .... 38
J. Dischazge of Water into an Underground Mine -Rule 4.05-16.... ....38
K. Stream Buffer Zones -Rule 4.05.18 ........................ .... 38
L. Probable Hydrologic Consequences ........................ .... 38
IV. Topsoil -Rules 2,04.9, 2.05.3(s), 2.05.4(2)(d) and 4.06 ............... .... 45
A. The Soil Resource ...................................... ....45
B. Topsoil Salvage Operations ............................... .... 45
iii Revised October 30, 1997